A man fired a gun at police before turning the weapon on himself in Linwood on Saturday night, Anoka County authorities said.

Few details about the incident were released Sunday. It was unclear whether the suspect suffered life-threatening injuries.

A woman called police at 11:20 p.m. Saturday reporting that her husband was threatening to kill himself with a gun. When police arrived, the man fired a gun in the direction of a deputy, an Anoka County dispatcher said. The man was taken into custody after deputies used nonlethal beanbag shot to subdue him.

The suspect was taken the Hennepin County Medical Center. His name was not released.

– John Welsh

WISCONSIN

1,200 still without power after snow

More than 1,200 customers were still without power in north central Wisconsin on Sunday, one day after wet, heavy snow disrupted power service for as many as 30,000 customers of Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

Crews were working around the clock to get power restored by no later than this morning, in time for holiday celebrations, said Kelly Zagrzebski, spokeswoman for the Green Bay-based utility.

“We’re all working until everything is restored,” she said.

As of early Sunday, 11,000 people were without power, she said, but that number had dropped to 1,225 by evening. Stevens Point still had 559 customers without power, while Eagle River and Wausau had more than 300 each.

The snowfall started with rain Friday and produced an extremely wet snow, continuing into Saturday, she said. The weight of the snow snapped tree branches and power lines, she said.

– Associated Press

BURNSVILLE

Injury accident slows I-35 traffic

Traffic was snarled on Interstate 35 near the Burnsville-Lakeville border Sunday after a crash that resulted in a serious injury.

One person was airlifted to a hospital after the crash on southbound I-35 at Dakota County Road 46 at 3:51 p.m., according to the Minnesota State Patrol. A car ran off the road, but the person’s condition wasn’t available.

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